ENG 211 INTRODUCTION TO POETRY / 3 credits An introductory course designed to teach first- and second- year students how to read and respond to poetry. Prerequisite/corequisite: ENG 102. ENG 212 TOPICS IN LITERATURE / 3 credits An introductory course designed to teach students how to read and analyze literature through the study of a particular theme. Readings may include a variety of genres such as poetry, fiction, drama, and the essay. Prerequisite/corequisite: ENG 102. ENG 215 INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE / 3 credits An introductory course designed to teach students how to read and interpret Shakespeare. Prerequisite/corequisite: ENG 102. ENG 290 SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE I / 3 credits This course surveys major British literary works from Beowulf through the Augustan age of the 18th century, with emphasis on the British interpretation and appropriation of the Western literary tradition. The reading includes Beowulf, Chaucer, medieval romance, Renaissance epic, drama, and poetry, and Restoration and 18th century satire. Prerequisite: ENG 102 and either 110, 203, 210, 211, 212 or 215. ENG 291 SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE II / 3 credits The sequel to ENG 290. Major works of Romantic, Victorian, and twentieth-century British literature, including poetry, fiction, and the essay. Prerequisite: ENG 102 and either 110, 203, 210, 211, 212 or 215. ENG 320 METHODS OF TEACHING ENGLISH / 2 credits Materials, methods, and latest trends in teaching literature and writing. Analysis of test assessments, NCTE standards, and state-mandated requirements, including Arkansas Frameworks and ACTAAP. Prerequisite/corequisite: Teaching Internship. ENG 323 NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITISH POETRY / 3 credits A survey of either Romantic or Victorian poetry adding more detail and depth to the basic coverage of these periods provided in the general British Survey (ENG 291). Romantic poets will include Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, and Shelley. The Victorian offering will cover major poets from Tennyson through Hardy and Hopkins. Prerequisite/corequisite: ENG 290 or 291. ENG 330 AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1900 / 3 credits This course surveys major American writers selected from the Puritan forefathers, the transcendentalists, the writers of the American Renaissance, and the late 19th century, with particular emphasis on the Puritan roots of the evolving American tradition. Prerequisite/corequisite: ENG 290 or 291. ENG 331 AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM 1900 / 3 credits This course surveys American writers of the 20th century, including those of the Lost Generation, the Fugitive Movement, the Harlem Renaissance, the Depression era, modernism, and the contemporary scene. Prerequisite: ENG 102 and either 110, 203, 210, 211, 212 or 215.
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